Overview

During verification, AHCAS uses the information you entered in the Transcript Entry section to calculate several GPAs, including GPAs for each institution you attended. To calculate these GPAs, each A-F or 0-100 grade you entered in the Grade field is first converted to a AHCAS numeric grade value, then multiplied by the attempted credits. The resulting product is Quality Points.

Your total Quality Points are then divided by your Attempted Credits to determine your GPA.

Non-graded credits are not included in your GPAs. Non-graded credits are earned credits for which you did not receive actual letter grades (e.g., advanced placement credits, "pass" or "satisfactory" credits, college board AP exams, etc.).

AHCAS calculates all GPAs in semester hours. Courses that were completed in quarter hours are converted to semester hours. The conversion ratio is 1.0 quarter hour = 0.667 semester hours.

GPA Types

Year-level GPAs

Using Quality Points, AHCAS calculates a GPA for each academic year. GPAs from your Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior academic years are subsequently:

Combined with any post-baccalaureate coursework to create a cumulative undergraduate GPA, and

Combined with any post-baccalaureate coursework plus any graduate coursework to create an overall GPA.

Year-Level GPA Example:

Year

Credits

Quality Points

GPA

Freshman

66

166.2

2.52

Sophomore

48

119.4

2.49

Junior

66

223.2

3.38

Senior

60

169.2

2.82

Total

240

678

2.83

Post-Baccalaureate

28

112

4.0

Cumulative Undergraduate

268

790

2.95

Graduate

66

245.4

3.72

Overall

334

1035.4

3.10

Course Subject Category GPAs

Course Subject Category GPAs are based on your overall GPA in each course subject category, regardless of academic year. During verification, AHCAS ensures course subjects are placed in the correct categories so that GPAs reflect the appropriate coursework. To view which course subject GPAs are calculated by AHCAS, refer to AHCAS Course Subjects.